The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

Every taxpayer in Baltimore county shout
vote against Convention" on the Sth of Nc
vember.
The President has set apart Thursday, No
vember Oath, as day of national thanksgvin
and prayer.
The great political battle in Baltimore coun
ty will be fought one week from next Tuesday
November 9Th.
There are upwards of 10000 registere,
voters in Baltimore county, about 5000 of which
are in the 9th district.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
of Maryland now has twenty-one subordinate
Unions in Baltimore county.
-Volney B. Cushing, of Maine, spoke at Z
large Prohibition mass-meeting at Hampden, 9tt
district, on Thursday night.
Citizens of the Belt have petitioned the
County Commissioners to put up street lamps on
Huntingdon avenue and Oak street.
Mr.. Josias ]. George, member of the well
known firm of P. T. George & Co., has obtained a
patent for an improved barrel truck.
The name Baltimore is from the words
Bale Nor, which in the Irish language, sig
nifty "The Town of the Great House."
The cold snap we experienced this week can
be attributed to snow in Michigan which covered
the ground to depth of eight inches.
Among those drawn to serve as jurors in
the U. S. District Court are I. Kell Bradford and
Samuel E. Armstrong, of Baltimore county.
Mr.. Caleb Hunt, a well known farmer of
the Sth district, has made deed of trust for the
benefit of creditors to Milton W. Ofutt, Esq.
The Belt burglars have opened the campaign
early this fall and have already cracked several
houses. As usual no arrests have been made
There are several cases of typhoid fever at
Hampden, caused, the physicians say, by impure
drinking water and poor sanitary regulations.
"A few nights ago burglar entered the
house of Mr.. Elisha Skipper, of Woodberry, and
got away with gold watch and some other articles.
The County Commissioners have appointed
John McFaul, judge of election for the second pre-
cinct of the 9th district, vice William L. Boyer,
declined.
We hear of one Democratic family in Balti-
more county which has seven voters-father and
six sons-every one Of whom will vote the lnde-
pendent ticket.
The business of the York Road Railway
Company is increasing rapidly that it will soon
be necessary to extend the double track out as far
as Govanstown.
The quarantine which was some time ago
established at the Calverton stock-yards has been
removed, there being no sign of pleuro-pneumonia
in that vicinity.
Another effort is about being made to have
Cold Spring lane, extending from the York road
to Charles street avenue, opened to uniform
width of sixty feet.
The sale of the fine property of Mr.. Lewis
J. Roberts, of Sherwood, N. C. R. R., advertised
to take place on Thursday, was postponed on ac-
count of the weather.
The parochial school attached to st. Francis
Catholic Church, Towsontown, now has nearly fifty
scholars. The basement of the church has been
fitted up for school room.
Mr.. Harry Harwood, the we'll known anna
teur jockey, had a leg broken by his horse "Wheat
ly'' falling with him in the steeple chase at the
Ivy City races on Thursday.
The fine new public school house at Calver-
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ture, will be completed this week. The appropri-
alton for the purpose was $1,000.
The trustees of EPSON Church, Towsontown,
are having board fence erected along the front
of the lot, which has been for some years open and
exposed. 1t is a much improvement.
The Odd Fellows of Towsontown contem-
plate tearing out the front of their hall and re-
placing it with an iron front in order to improve
the store-room below. 1t is estimated that the
work will cost about 81 900.
"A certain public school in Baltimore county
lately had spelling match between the Repubi-
can and Democratic pupils. 1t proved a sharp
contest and caused good deal of fun, but the Re-
pubcans came off victorious.
At the annual meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Western Maryland R. R., held on
Wednesday, Col. John M. Hood was reelected
qf sfdsn ss end general ad
MR.. d. II. Rice, of oowPons Station, M e.
R. R.. has an "Orange Blossom" colt in Caroline
county two years old last spring, and full brother
to Col. Chas 7. Jockeys "Garrison," that weighs
at this time little over 900 pounds.
Many Baltimore county farmers are now
rushing their hay to market and the York road is
lined daily with teams heading for Baltimore
Prices have advanced somewhat and the quota
tions are now from So to SIS per ton.
Hon. John Richie, Chief Judge of the
Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, who died in
Frederick on Thursday, married daughter OF
Col. VIM. P. Maulsby, of Westminster. and niece
of Mrs. Sarah J. Yellott, of Towsontown.
The floors in the County Commissioners Of
fee have been covered with linoleum, making the
room much more cosy and comfortable. The Or
phans' Court room has also been supplied with
new carpet and not before it was needed.
County Commissioner James Rittenhouse
presided at Democratic meeting at Wade's hotel,
18th district, on Wednesday night. Speeches were
made by Msssrs. John Hubner, Jas. j. Lindsay,
Chas. B. MCLEAN, Chas. E. Fendall and others.
Mr.. John S. Harden, treasurer Of the West
ern Maryland R. R. Company, had the misfortune
to fall on Monday last dislocating his right shout
der. The accident occurred in the city and be
was subsequently, removed to his home at Mt.
Washington.
The trustees of Govanstown Presbyterian
Church, who own the vacant lot adjoining the
cemetery, are having the board fence and trees
between the two removed, in order to enlarge the
cemetery, which has filed up very rapidly in the
last few years.
-Messrs. J. II. Leonhardt and John II. Held,
well known pigeon fanciers of Waverly, this week
sent some of their birds to Warrenton Junction
and Charlottesville Va, where they were liberated
for fly home. They own some of the best birds
in the country.
The teachers and pupils of Towsontown
public school are busily engaged making prepara-
tions for holding fair and festival, the proceeds
of which will be devoted to iquidating the debt
on the piano used in the school. The fair will be
held about the middle of November.
DIR. Charles R. Whiteford, resident physi-
clan at the aims house, has sued the County Com
mssioners for the sum of $50 for professional ser
vices rendered in making post mortem examina-
ton of the body of young Mcdonald, who was
shot and killed at Beaver Dam over year ago.
One day this week young man came te
Towsontown and procured a marriage license
After leaving the Clerks office he missed the i'm
portant document and was in a terrible stew unit
il was restored to him by Mr.. Lewis M. Bacon, 6
gentleman who found it having returned it to thu
office.
The firm of Fustng & McMaster, who con
Quoted a large general store at Gainesville, ha
been dissolved, and Mr.. McMaster has gone t.
Liberty, Md, where he will engage in store keep
ing. Mr. Charles F. Fusting, who is an enterpris
ing young merchant, will continue business at tn
old stand.
The Democrats held a big meeting at Hamp
den on Tuesday night, which was addressed By
Senator German and others. The TowsontowI
campaign club went down in body by specia
train on the Maryland Central road, and delega
tons were present from Waverly and other point
in the Belt.
"A large number of people from the 9Th dis
trict attended court here ON Monday and Tuesda,
Of this week as witnesses in the case of Charles
Willett, administrator of John W. Belt, VS.. JOSIAH
P Matthews, executor of Josiah Price. The cas-
was tried before jury and terminated in favor o
the defendant.
The stables of the York Road Railwa,
Company now being built in Wavery will holt
nearly $50 horses and 40 or so cars. All the stool
of the road will be concentrated at that point
the other stables abandoned. The lot upon which
the new stables are being built contains about tw
acres and cost $4,000.
Joseph M. Armacost, of the 9Th district, on
of the nominees on the Independent Democra
ticket for House of Delegates, published letter II
the Sun of ednesday, Withdrawing his name fror
the ticket. 1t has been only short time sine
Mr.. Armacost published letter accepting tn
nomination and declaring that he proposed t
"stick" to the end.
Mr.. Francis S. Corkran, Jr., coal and lum
Der dealer at Cockeysville, this week made dee
of trust for the benefit of creditors to Frank
Duncan, Esq. The assets are estimated at $500